Robert Eggers loves two things: intense imagery and the past. From The Witch to The Lighthouse and The Northman, he’s proven to be an expert on wild stories set in bygone eras. After the success of his most recent movie, Nosferatu, he’s branching out into other genres, although he still refuses to set a movie in the present day, telling Rotten Tomatoes, “The idea of having to photograph a car makes me ill.”
Instead, he’s taking on two wildly different projects. According to Deadline, Eggers will write and direct a sequel to the 1986 Jim Henson movie Labyrinth, a fantasy epic that will take him out of his comfort zone. But his other upcoming project is as on-brand as it gets — and features a bizarre twist he’s been trying to pull off for years.
